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Populism is rooted in politics, not economics

Why the populist surge has been mainly on the right, rather than on the left

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The Republicans go full authoritarian

Only Trump’s flamboyant awfulness stands in the way of his party’s power grab

By Paul Krugman

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Beyond the anti-women backlash

How we can understand women’s support for the right in Poland and Hungary

By Weronika Grzebalska and Eszter Kováts

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The municipalist revolution

Naples shows how local democracy can defy the neoliberal paradigm

By Eleonora de Majo

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The more the merrier

Germans shouldn't worry about fragmentation of their party system — more parties in parliament is good for democracy

By André Krouwel

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AMLO: a new hope for Latin America?

Svenja Blanke on the inauguration of the new Mexican president Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador

By Svenja Blanke

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We need a high wall with a big gate

With Trump using immigration for political gain, Democrats need to be the adults and offer a realistic vision

By Thomas L. Friedman

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Left un-splintered

How Uruguay's Frente Amplio, a coalition of 40 progressive forces, defies the right-wing assault on Latin America

By Sebastian Sperling

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The end of a love affair

Why the left’s enthusiasm for Macron wasn’t there to stay

By Andreas Nölke

Reuters

Trump is beginning to lose his grip

Trump declared war on women and multicultural America — and lost. A closer look at the midterm elections is proof enough

By Stanley B. Greenberg